Tue.Aug 08, 2023

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The top skills for 2023: A roadmap to success for Assistants

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The top skills for 2023: A roadmap to success for Assistants The World Economic Forum has compiled a list of the top skills for 2023 and beyond. This list serves as a guide for personal development and assessing your employability in the future. Tracking and aligning [.

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Nexudus Unveils OpenAI Integration For Seamless Help Desk Automation

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Nexudus, a leading provider of cutting-edge software solutions for coworking and flex workspaces, is proud to announce the launch of its highly anticipated OpenAI integration. By automating help desk processes, the innovative technology empowers workspaces to potentially reduce response times by up to 80%, allowing their teams to focus on more business-critical tasks.

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Government scales back plans for regional office hubs as more people work from home

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The UK government has announced it will be scaling back plans for thirty office ‘hubs’ outside of London by 25 percent and letting out surplus floor space to other departments as more civil service workers are choosing to work from home. In 2022 the government’s property strategy highlighted plans to relocate 22,000 posts out of London by 2030, creating 30 new regional ‘government hubs’ as it closes its older offices across the UK.

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A Four-Day School Week Might Be the Answer to the National Teacher Shortage

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What’s going on: An increasing number of schools across the United States are adopting four-day school week schedules, according to CBS News. It’s reported that one school in Independence, Missouri, has introduced this change for its 14,000 students, becoming the largest district in the state to do so. To ensure the school district still meets state requirements for instructional time, the district is extending each school day by 35 minutes.

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The Memory Edge: Outlearn, Outperform, Outlast

Speaker: Chester Santos

Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform

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Industrial action means people are opting for more unconventional work spaces

Workplace Insight

As industrial action continues to affect travel and commuting for millions of people across the UK, office workers have been seeking alternative from which to work. In addition to relatively conventional adopted work spaces, such as coffee shops and cafes (24 percent), more than one in ten (11 percent) people could be logging on from their local pub according to the poll from Uswitch.com.

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WeWork Pioneer’s Building Default: A Hiccup or Harbinger for Downtown San Jose?

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What’s going on: A downtown San Jose office building, primarily owned by Nazare Capital Management (whose principal executive and founder is Adam Neumann , the co-founder of WeWork), has defaulted on its mortgage payments, according to The Mercury News. It’s reported that this has resulted in the mortgage being transferred to a special status reserved for loans with missed payments.

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Is the Future of Work Leaving Our Youth Behind?

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What’s going on: Despite being a highly educated generation, the youth, especially those aged 15–24, are finding it hard to secure decent work, according to International Labor Organization. Recent data highlights their disproportionate unemployment rates, tendencies to be in lower-quality jobs, and likelihood of living in extreme poverty. It’s reported that this age group is more prone to be informally employed, which often lacks essential social protections.

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In the age of AI art, what can originality look like? | Eileen Isagon Skyers

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What happens when human and machine creativity meet? From an AI model trained on classic works to generate a seemingly infinite stream of portraits to a neural network that envisions otherworldly life-forms in impossible detail, media art curator Eileen Isagon Skyers showcases mind-bending art that embraces our increasingly technological future, showing how AI can stretch the scope of human imagination and help create worlds we could never design alone.

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Flexible Work Arrangements Are Contributing to Companies’ Ability to Attract New Staff

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What’s going on: Companies that have adopted flexible work arrangements, either hybrid or fully remote, are growing their staff at a rate significantly faster than companies that mandate full-time in-office work, according to Business Insider. The data stems from a study of over 4,500 companies which revealed that offering even a single day of remote work significantly impacted hiring rates.

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IWG Rides the Hybrid Work Wave with a Hefty 48% Profit Increase

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What’s going on: Office rental firm IWG has reported a 48% increase in its half-year profit — reaching £198 million, according to Reuters. The company’s growth is being attributed to a rising demand for coworking spaces and improved pricing. As the labor force adjusts to the post-pandemic economy, more companies are moving towards permanent hybrid work models where employees split their time between home and the office.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.